Resistance to antimalarial atovaquone does not spread Atovaquone could be used more widely to treat malaria since resistance does not spread to subsequent generations of the malaria parasite.…
Sperm activation finding could lead to new contraceptives Enzyme that activates sperm mobility could lead to new contraceptives or treatment for male infertility.…
‘Neurostatin’ prevents Alzheimer’s-related amyloid formation Roundworm study shows bexarotene could inhibit early step of amyloid-beta aggregation.…
Researchers unravel function of HIV defence protein Researchers investigate why TRIM5α protein lost ability to degrade HIV in rhesus monkey study.…
Link between obesity and bowel cancer points to potential of hormone therapy A team of pharmacologists has shown how obesity increases an individual’s risk for developing bowel cancer and unveiled the potential of a hormone therapy in preventing the disease in obese individuals.…
Beta-lactam antibiotics can make MRSA infection worse Treatment with beta-lactam antibiotics could exacerbate MRSA skin infections, according to pre-clinical research. …
New method to test drug-membrane interactions The development of new small molecule drugs could be accelerated using a new technique that examines how they interact on the surface of a cell.…
Developing new psoriasis treatment regimens for patients based on their clinical profile Biologics and small-molecule drugs being developed to treat psoriasis are showing encouraging results, but high costs could limit their use.…
Asthma therapies get personal A new crop of biologic drugs promises to usher asthma treatment into the realm of personalised medicine.…
Opioid drugs produced from engineered strain of yeast Researchers have successfully introduced the enzymes needed to synthesise opioids into a strain of engineered yeast, which could be used as an alternative opioid source to the poppy.…
